United CEO Glenn Tilton, left, and Continental Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek in Chicago on May 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Associated Press via Forbes | United and Continental named the executives who will oversee integration of the two airlines, which will begin early next month. The comments came Wednesday in regulatory filings and in a message to employees.

They said the integration process will be led by a steering committee of six executives, including Glenn Tilton, the CEO of United parent UAL Corp., and Jeff Smisek, the CEO of Continental. The other executives are chief financial officer Kathryn Mikells and chief administrative officer Pete McDonald from UAL, and CFO Zane Rowe and chief marketing officer Jim Compton of Continental Airlines.

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